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Congressman David Cicilline held the line for Dreamers, voting – in contrast to the rest of the Rhode Island delegation – against the bill to fund, and effectively re-open, the government today. “We should be staying here and working around the clock to get this work done, rather than kicking the can down the road […]

A couple months back, I was emailed by South County activist Jonathan Daly-LaBelle, who wanted to know if I’d seen Rep. Jim Langevin’s press release announcing the rationale behind his recent yes vote on a nearly $700-billion Pentagon budget. It “is really quite disturbing,” Daly-LaBelle wrote. No argument from me on this one. Langevin has […]

I was skeptical last September when I heard word that Congressman Jim Langevin, Democrat of Rhode Island’s Second Congressional District, had decided to cosponsor the House single-payer health insurance bill, H.R.676 – the Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act. I’d been in contact with the congressman’s office on the issue earlier in the year […]

Rhode Island’s all-Democratic Congressional delegation is none-too-pleased with Trump’s tax plan that seems poised to reach his desk today or tomorrow. “Republicans just pulled off one of the biggest cons in the history of American politics,” said Congressman David Cicilline. Senator Jack Reed went almost as far, saying, “It is an historic transfer of wealth […]

Superdelegates aren’t sacrosanct to the Democrats’ presidential nominating process, as evidenced by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s willingness to rail against their role yesterday at the Community College of Rhode Island (and Sunday on CNN). But that doesn’t mean every House Democrat will follow her lead and speak out against the process that gives state […]

Why were three Environmental Protection Agency scientists from Rhode Island recently prevented from presenting their contributions to a report focusing on how climate change will affect Narragansett Bay and its watershed? That’s the question Rhode Island’s four-person Congressional delegation, and seven of the eight members of Massachusett’s delegation, are asking EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt after […]

The authors and supporters of a new report called The State of Narragansett Bay and Its Watershed hoped the new report would help call attention to the dire effects of climate change on coastal Rhode Island. Instead, the report is calling attention to the dire effects of the Trump Administration on science and speech. “I […]

Rather than dismantling Obamacare through executive orders, Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation urged President Donald Trump and Republicans to work with Democrats to fix the Affordable Care Act. The four Democrats oppose Trump’s executive orders that would allow for cheaper plans with fewer benefits and stop subsidies for some poor people’s health care. Senator Jack Reed […]

After being pressed hard by constituents, Congressman Jim Langevin announced today he too supports Medicare for All. “After much deliberation,” said Langevin in a prepared statement, “I have determined that this is a policy worthy of serious consideration, so I have decided to cosponsor the Medicare for All Act.” “I have long said the Affordable Care Act is […]

When it comes to Medicare for All, Rhode Island’s congressional delegation is split down the middle. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman David Cicilline both cosponsor such bills in their respective chambers, while Senator Jack Reed and Congressman Jim Langevin are both still undecided. Whitehouse made news recently as an early cosponsor of Vermont Senator Bernie […]

Rhode Island Democrats castigated President Donald Trump for equating protesting white supremacy with advocating for white supremacy after a racism rally in Charlottesville, Virginia turned violent and left one woman dead and many others injured. “The United States fought against Nazis and fascism in World War II. Over 400,000 Americans gave their lives in that […]

Congressman Jim Langevin addressed a town hall forum in Narragansett for almost two hours before talking to me about President Donald Trump’s sanity, the Russian investigation, what would happen if Bob Mueller were fired, if he’s thinking about impeachment, and if Hillary Clinton should have won. Below is the totality of our conversation. BP: I […]

Speaking to a modest crowd at a constituent forum at Narragansett Town Hall, Congressman Jim Langevin told a cautionary tale of failing to seek bipartisan consensus. “I’m the first to acknowledge the Affordable Care Act was not perfect when we passed it,” he said, recalling a time when Democrats controlled both chambers of Congress and […]

Senator Jack Reed is the only one who got to take part in what the internet named #ComeyDay, but all four members of Rhode Island’s congressional delegation weighed in on the historic hearing in which a former FBI director accused the sitting president of trying to derail a criminal investigation into Russian election meddling. Senator […]

When 13 Indivisible RI activists visited Congressman Jim Langevin’s Warwick office today, it wasn’t only to implore him to resist Trump, it was also to thank him for co-sponsoring House Resolution 111. Progressive activists had phoned Langevin’s office the day before asking him to co-sponsor the bill “directing the Attorney General to transmit certain documents […]

Hundreds of Rhode Islanders braved the inclement weather on Sunday afternoon to make their voices heard at a gathering of the Rhode Island congressional delegation at the East Providence High School auditorium. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Jack Reed and Representatives David Cicilline and Jim Langevin fielded questions from a growingly impatient and sometimes outright hostile […]